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MOLINARI v. POWERS

No. 99 Civ. 8447 (ERK) (ASC).

82 F.Supp.2d 57 (2000)

Guy MOLINARI, John McCain, Larry Rockefeller, The League of Women Voters of New York State, John Skabry, John Duffy, John C. Cochrane, Nick Teng, Stephen Miller, R. Frederick Linfesty, Tina Sheesley, Richard Stadin, Luis Ortega, Al Shapiro, Coleman Mishkoff, Angelo Marlinelli, Kathleen O'Neill, John D. Piro, Jr., George J. Schlink, Mark Quinn, Jennifer L. Kim, Eric W. Schreck, Lisa Anne Reilly, Jeremy B. Dibbell, Richard N. Canniff, Michael Paninski, Kevin McArdle, Robert Burns, John C. Mitchell, Gerald D. Ricci, Robert Lynch, Carl Heterbring, Kraig H. Kayser, Darren K. Eustance, James L. Dowsey III, Daniel S. Gottesman, Matthew Burin and Marcia E. Lynch, Plaintiffs, Steve Forbes and Forbes 2000, Inc., Plaintiffs-Interveners, Alan Keyes, Christopher T. Slattery, Eileen F. Slattery, Margot Damiano, Alan P. Mehldau, Audrey M. Negron, Edmund J. Keefe and Robert Hornak, Plaintiffs-Interveners, v. William POWERS, Chairman, New York Republican State Committee; New York Republican State Committee; New York State Board of Elections; Neil W. Kelleher, Carol Berman, Evelyn J. Aquila and Helena Moses Donohue, Commissioners, New York State Board of Elections; New York City Board of Elections; Douglas Kellner, Stephen H. Weiner, Michael H. Cilmi, Vincent J. Velella, Weyman A. Carey, Ronald J. D'Angelo, Terrence C. O'Connor, Crystal N. Paris, Gertrude Strohm and Frederic M. Umane, Commissioners, New York City Board of Elections; Erie County Board of Elections; Laurence Adamczyk and Ralph Mohr, Commissioners, Erie County Board of Elections, Nassau County Board of Elections; Barbara Patton and John Degrace, Commissioners, Nassau County Board of Elections; Suffolk County Board of Elections; Gerald Edelstein and Barbara P. Barci, Commissioners, Suffolk County Board of Elections; Monroe County Board of Elections; M. Betsey Relin and Peter M. Quinn, Commissioners, Monroe County Board of Elections, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

As Amended February 10, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt Neuborne, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, New York City (E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Nancy Northup, Glenn J. Moramarco, Nathaniel Persily, of counsel), Richard D. Emery, John R. Cuti, Emery Cuti Brinckerhoff & Abady PC, New York City (David H. Gans, of counsel), for plaintiffs Guy Molinari, et al.

Robert Allan Muir, Jr., Brooklyn, NY, Cleta Mitchell, Sullivan & Mitchell P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-interveners Steve Forbes, et ano.

James G. Rizzo, M. Miller Baker, Michael S. Nadel, Carr Goodson Warner, A Professional Corporation, Washington, DC (J. Michael Lehmann, of counsel), C. Michael Tarone, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-interveners Alan Keyes, et al.

Lawrence A. Mandelker, Kantor, Davidoff, Wolfe, Mandelker & Kass, P.C., New York City, for defendants New York Republican State Committee and William D. Powers.

Todd D. Valentine, Special Counsel, New York State Board of Elections, Albany, NY, for defendant New York State Board of Elections.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

KORMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the ballot access rules for the primary (the "Primary") that will be held by the New York Republican State Committee (the "Republican State Committee") on March 7, 2000. The purpose of the Primary is to select the Republican State Committee's delegates to the 2000 Republican National Convention...

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